HELP!  Major Computer meltdown needs resubmissions
from January, February, March and April 2002

Yes, we had a fatal loss of data including all original submission from January, February, and March of this year.  We desperately need to get your content up, so if you submitted during these months please click here to re-submit.

More Recognition

TeenLit.com was recently featured in the forward as upcoming book 36 elements by http://www.web-stories.net as being "an excellent site for teens to display their work."

Get starting reviewing months to made an educated vote...

TeenLit does Book Reviews

Don't forget to stop by our new TeenLit Book Reviewers section to see what other teens think of some latest and greatest books.

Constant Updates

Besides adding your writing every month we are constantly adding to other parts of the site.

In addition to Teen Writing, we most frequently update our Cool Teen Links
and
Book Reviews

So visit and re-visit these pages often.

Just recently we've simplified the Submission Form, too.

Coming soon...more tools in the Workshop from your peers on the Teen Editorial Board.

Patience please . . .

Yes, we know we're getting a bit (okay a whole month) behind in posting the accepted works.  But we've got really good reasons:

Wish us both luck & please be patient...this site's getting pretty big for the two of us...but you and your writing are worth it!

Over 30 new pieces of writing will be posted to January, February, March and April over the next few weeks, so stay tuned.

call for writers

we're looking for personal essays on the subject of addictions. send them to po box 441, ames, ia 50010, or email them to twistsubmit@yahoo.com. they might be edited for clarity or prevent going to jail. the first issue of twist will appear in july; submissions due may 15. all submissions will be anonymous unless you specify otherwise. if your work is printed, you'll be paid in copies.

upcoming themes/deadlines

lies, aug. 15
leaving, nov. 15
hunger, feb. 15, 03

Feature: Web Guides

We've added a few web guides created for both teachers and students to use the 'Net for English/Language Arts type research. So far, we've got web guides on Hemingway, Civil Rights, and Journalism. Web Guides can be found at http://www.teenlit.com/webguides/default.htm . If you'd like to create and donate a web guide or request another useful topic for one, let us know.

A word about plagiarism...

Last month, for the first time we know of, it came to our attention that someone had submitted another person's writing as their own. Fortunately, a number of our visitors let us know, and we were able to remove that piece of writing. In fact, it seems this was a well-known poem, though the submitting writer claimed, "I love writing poetry and this is the first poem of mine that has been published." Well, it wasn't her poem & it's no longer published here. Plagiarism, of course, is when you use someone else's work or words as your own without their permission. This is a very serious offense which can lead to failing a high school class, being expelled from a university, or being sued. The World Wide Web, in many ways, has made plagiarism far too easy. As writers, however, we know the value, hard work, and personal nature of our own writing, and we would never want to take that away from someone else. Let this serve as a reminder to us all.

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